I just discovered that Radical Reviewer believes the western account of the 1932 Ukranian famine, and I could not be more disappointed.

  • LeninsRage [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    A big part was they stopped doing crop rotation, especially because of the immense pressure to push up yields

    • volkvulture [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      no, the collectivization had to take place

      Tsarist "Stolypin reforms" gave preference to rich kulaks&nanny state capitalism propped up rich landowners above poor

      "Stolypin reforms" gave undue market access & held back real class mobility

      rich "khutors" & a form of nanny state capitalism artificially created a mass of poor & powerless farm hands who had to give their entire lives in order to stay a near serf basically

      https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EonoId_W4AAMHs-?format=png&name=medium

      https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EonoJX-W8AEq1ky?format=png&name=medium

      the backwardness of their inefficient feudal style agricultural production guaranteed shortage

      https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Epg_HctW8AEK7so?format=jpg&name=medium

      Stalin said "forced collectivization" wasn't the correct way, as he didn't have dictatorial control over the areas

      https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Epg_JNxW8AU9PHb?format=png&name=900x900

      http://jstor.org/stable/4202829

      Kulaks infiltrated collectives& ruined them as well as committing many other crimes

      they were feudal era producers that could not feed the masses as was needed for these areas to progress, they had to be supplanted

      https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EqN4Yb4XEAA3cOp?format=jpg&name=medium

      whole country was modernizing& mechanizing... there were no real tractors or modern technological agriculture in these areas at the time

      https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eo2uqDeXUAAIlr-?format=png&name=medium

      https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Epb_HP7XIAE0NmJ?format=jpg&name=medium

      https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Epb_IkvXYAAg0I7?format=png&name=medium

      And yet despite this, the first successful year of collectivization implementation in 1930-31 literally more than tripled the amount harvested from Kulak style backward methods in just 2 years

      https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpjmCsvW4AAkSzL?format=jpg&name=medium